Intelligent gardening system and external device communicating therewith

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to an intelligent gardening system, for monitoring and controlling gardening apparatuses in a gardening area, including: multiple sensors that collect environmental information of the gardening area; one or more gardening apparatuses that perform gardening work according to a control instruction; and a control center that generates the control instruction based on the environmental information; wherein the sensors, the gardening apparatuses and the control center communicate with each other to form an Internet of Things.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No.17/011,893 filed on Sep. 3, 2020 for an Intelligent Gardening System andExternal Device Communicating Therewith which claims priority to U.S.patent application Ser. No. 15/547,337 filed on Jul. 28, 2017 for anIntelligent Gardening System and External Device CommunicatingTherewith, both of which are incorporated herein by reference in theirentirety.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The present invention relates to an intelligent gardening system.

The present invention relates to an external device communicating withan intelligent gardening system.

RELATED ART

With development of technologies, electric tools are becoming more andmore widely used, and working conditions are becoming more and morecomplex. To be able to design electric tools that meet requirements ofdifferent working conditions, electric tool makers need to do a lot offieldwork. Research costs a lot of time and effort, but often cannotexhaust all use conditions, resulting in that designed electric toolscannot meet customers' demands well. In addition, when an electric toolfails and needs to be repaired, the maintenance personnel needs to rushto the scene to make analysis, and then gives diagnosis, which bringsabout inconvenience to the maintenance work.

Based on this, there is a strong demand that an electric tool can recordits own use condition and transfer the recorded data to a terminaldevice or network. Any grantee may acquire desired data from thenetwork, understand use conditions of the electric tool according to thedata, and guide related work.

Likewise, a battery pack also has the above technical problem, and theabove demand also exists in the design process of the battery pack.

With application of the Internet of Things technology in gardens, manycompanies develop Internet of Things-based sensors and central controlsystems. However, the intelligent level of the gardens are stillinsufficient at present, deep user involvement is required, deepunderstanding and exploration of user usage habits and personalizationrequirements are lacking, and targeted services are providedcorrespondingly.

SUMMARY

A technical problem to be solved in the present invention is to providean intelligent gardening system.

An intelligent gardening system, for monitoring and controllinggardening apparatuses in a gardening area, including: multiple sensorsthat collect environmental information of the gardening area; one ormore gardening apparatuses that perform gardening work according to acontrol instruction; and a control center that generates the controlinstruction based on the environmental information; wherein the sensors,the gardening apparatuses and the control center communicate with eachother to form an Internet of Things.

Preferably, the intelligent gardening system further includes aself-moving device capable of autonomously moving in the gardening area.

Preferably, at least one of the gardening apparatuses is disposed on theself-moving device capable of autonomously moving in the gardening area.

Preferably, at least one of the sensors is located on the self-movingdevice capable of autonomously moving in the gardening area, and thesensor moves with the self-moving device to collect environmentalinformation of multiple positions.

Preferably, the sensor includes a thermistor sensor located on a housingof the self-moving device, the thermistor sensor detecting anenvironment temperature value.

Preferably, the sensor includes an environment detection sensor thatdetects at least one of humidity, temperature, wind speed, illumination,PM2.5, PM10, pollen concentration, UV intensity, rain condition, snowcondition and noise value in an environment of the gardening area.

Preferably, the sensor includes a soil detection sensor that detects atleast one of humidity, temperature, nutrients and PH value of the soil.

Preferably, the sensor includes a vegetation detection sensor thatdetects at least one of moisture, nutrition, pests and heights ofvegetation.

Preferably, the vegetation detection sensor includes a lawn detectionsensor that detects at least one of density, distribution, bald grassesand weeds of a lawn.

Preferably, the sensor includes a foreign substance detection sensorthat detects at least one of pets, excrement, metal, glass, dead leavesand ground collapse in the gardening area.

Preferably, the gardening apparatuses include at least one of asprinkler, a fertilizer apparatus, a plant pruning apparatus and a soiltreatment apparatus.

Preferably, the intelligent gardening system further includes a locatingapparatus located on the self-moving device, to acquire positioninformation of a particular position while acquiring environmentalinformation of the particular position, and the control modulegenerates, according to the environmental information and the positioninformation of the particular position, a control instruction ofcontrolling an operating module at the particular position.

Preferably, the control center is located on the self-moving device.

Preferably, the control center includes a memory that stores datamonitored by the sensor and/or analytical/statistical data of theintelligent gardening system.

Preferably, the control center includes a depth learning module thatlearns, according to input signals of at least one sensor, users' usagehabits and optimizes operating parameters of the intelligent gardeningsystem.

Preferably, the Internet of Things transmits data between at least partof nodes in the form of encryption.

Preferably, the control center includes a data sharing module that cansend data of the intelligent gardening system to a particular targetunder the control of a user.

Preferably, the particular target is a social network platform, and thedata includes at least one of gardening images, gardening achievementand summarized gardening data.

Preferably, the particular target is a commercial data platform, and thedata includes at least one of user gardening condition information, userhabit information and gardening material requirement information.

Preferably, the intelligent gardening system is connected to an externalInternet of Things, and optimizes an operating procedure of theintelligent gardening system based on data of the external Internet ofThings.

Preferably, the external Internet of Things is an Internet of Things ofuser home.

Preferably, the intelligent gardening system has a distributed computingnetwork that includes multiple sensors and/or computing units of thegardening apparatuses.

Preferably, the distributed computing network is connected to externalcomputing resources, and receives computing results from the externalcomputing resources.

Preferably, the intelligent gardening system includes a D-GPS basestation, and the intelligent gardening system is connected to anexternal Internet of Things system and shares signals of the D-GPS basestation therewith.

Preferably, the self-moving device is an unmanned aerial vehicle that isprovided with a camera.

Preferably, the unmanned aerial vehicle monitors a clean status of auser's roof and sweeps the roof accordingly.

Preferably, the unmanned aerial vehicle includes an air-blowingstructure that blows air towards the roof to sweep the roof.

Preferably, the control center generates, according to gardening dataproduced in the work of the intelligent gardening system, a gardendesign report that includes at least one of a garden vegetationdistribution proposal, a gardening apparatus arrangement proposal, agarden vegetation varieties proposal and a garden modification andconstruction scheme.

Preferably, the gardening apparatuses include an animal herdingapparatus that herds animals using at least one of ultrasound, sound andwater column.

Preferably, the control center communicates with a user equipment.

Preferably, the control center sends at least one of prompt information,statistic information, gardening proposal information, serviceinformation and order information.

Preferably, the control center receives a control instruction from theuser equipment to perform a user-desired operation.

Preferably, the intelligent gardening system includes multiple operatingmodes that include at least one of a party mode, a house-keeping mode, avacation mode and a home mode, the control center configures operatingstatuses of the sensors and the gardening apparatuses according to themodes, wherein in the party mode, the intelligent gardening systemconfigures operating parameters suitable for holding a party in thegardening area; in the house-keeping mode, the intelligent gardeningsystem configures operating parameters suitable for users' leaving home;in the vacation mode, the intelligent gardening system configuresoperating parameters suitable for users' leaving home for several days;and in the home mode, the intelligent gardening system configuresoperating parameters suitable for users' being at home.

Preferably, in the party mode, multiple gardening apparatuses leavepersonnel activity areas in the gardening area or stop operating; in thehome mode, the gardening apparatuses perform security work; in thevacation mode, some facilities in the gardening area are turned off; andin the home mode, the intelligent gardening system adjusts operatingparameters of the gardening apparatuses to reduce operating noise.

Preferably, the intelligent gardening system communicates with anexternal device, and sends data generated in the operation to theexternal device, and the external device includes at least one of amanufacturer device, a distributor device, a designer device and aservice provider device.

An external device communicating with at least one intelligent gardeningsystem, wherein the external device acquires data generated by theintelligent gardening system in the operation, and generates a dataapplication policy based on the data, and the external device is amanufacturer device.

Preferably, the data includes at least one of data detected by thesensors, operation or fault data of the gardening apparatuses andanalytical data of the intelligent gardening system.

Preferably, the data application policy includes at least one of aproduction plan improvement policy, a manufacturing process and/orproduction process improvement policy, an intelligent gardening systemconfiguration adjustment policy, a product orientation sales and/orrecommendation policy and a security policy.

An external device communicating with at least one intelligent gardeningsystem, wherein the external device acquires data generated by theintelligent gardening system in the operation, and generates a dataapplication policy based on the data, and the external device is adistributor device.

Preferably, the data application policy includes at least one of astocking policy, a logistics policy, a product recommendation policy, amaintenance reminder policy and a directed marketing policy.

An external device communicating with at least one intelligent gardeningsystem, wherein the external device acquires data generated by theintelligent gardening system in the operation, and generates a dataapplication policy based on the data, and the external device is aservice provider device.

Preferably, the data application policy includes at least one of aservice scheduling policy, a directed service policy and a neighborresource invocation policy.

An external device communicating with at least one intelligent gardeningsystem, wherein the external device acquires data generated by theintelligent gardening system in the operation, and generates a dataapplication policy based on the data, and the external device is adesigner device.

Preferably, the data application policy includes at least one of aproduct definition policy and a product design policy.

A data transmission system of an electric tool is provided.

Based on this, it is necessary to provide a system capable oftransmitting data of an electric tool to a movable terminal or networkterminal.

A data transmission system of an electric tool, including: an electrictool; a terminal device that has a network transmission function, forsending and receiving data; and a cloud that has a network transmissionfunction and has data processing and analysis functions; wherein theelectric tool, the terminal device and the cloud are all provided with acommunication apparatus; and the electric tool, the terminal device andthe cloud can transmit data therebetween.

The data transmission system of an electric tool can transmit data ofthe electric tool such as running parameters and use conditions to theterminal device or the cloud. Any grantee may acquire desired data fromthe cloud, understand use conditions of the electric tool according tothe data, and analyze desired information according to the useconditions, to guide related work, which does not require the staff togo to the scene to do research and analysis, thereby facilitating workand reducing the cost.

In an embodiment, the communication apparatuses transmit datatherebetween through wired communication, radio frequencyidentification, Zigbee, Bluetooth, near-field wireless communication,WiFi, Bluetooth low energy or Z-Wave.

In an embodiment, the electric tool includes an electric tool storagemodule that stores data, and the data stored by the electric toolstorage module is transmitted to the cloud through the terminal device.The electric tool includes an electric tool storage module, so that whendata transmission is impossible, data of the electric tool is stored andthen is transmitted to the cloud when data transmission is possible.

In an embodiment, the data transmission system of an electric toolfurther includes a battery pack that supplies power for the electrictool, the battery pack is provided with a communication apparatus, andthe battery pack and the terminal device can mutually transmit datatherebetween.

In an embodiment, the battery pack includes a battery pack storagemodule that stores usage information of the battery pack, and theinformation stored by the battery pack storage module is transmitted tothe cloud through the terminal device.

In an embodiment, the battery pack and the electric tool can mutuallytransmit data therebetween. The electric tool includes an electric toolstorage module that stores data, and the data stored by the electrictool storage module is transmitted to the battery pack storage modulevia the data between the battery pack and the electric tool.

In an embodiment, the electric tool includes at least one sensor. Dataof the electric tool or an external environment acquired by the sensoris transmitted through a communication apparatus, and the cloud analyzesthe data and generates corresponding information.

In an embodiment, the electric current includes a current sensor fordetecting an operating current of the electric tool. The current sensorreal-time transmits a detected signal to the cloud, and the cloudgenerates corresponding information according to the signal.

In an embodiment, the battery pack includes at least one sensor. Data ofthe electric tool or an external environment acquired by the sensor istransmitted through a communication apparatus, and the cloud analyzesthe data and generates corresponding information.

In an embodiment, the electric tool includes a GPS module that real-timetransmits acquired coordinate information to the cloud. The cloudcompares the acquired coordinate information with a preset coordinaterange. If the acquired coordinate information is beyond the presetcoordinate range, the cloud generates pre-warning information. The cloudreal-time acquires coordinate information generated by the GPS module,and compares the coordinate information with a preset coordinate range,thus playing a role of prevention of burglary.

In an embodiment, the electric tool includes a fault detection module.When a fault occurs in the electric tool, the fault detection modulesends fault information of the electric tool to the cloud, and the cloudanalyzes the fault information, generates maintenance information, andsends the maintenance information to the terminal device.

In an embodiment, the terminal device includes a display module fordisplaying the maintenance information.

In an embodiment, the terminal device includes a video call module thatmakes a video call with the cloud.

In an embodiment, the data transmission system of an electric toolfurther includes a software updating module. The software updatingmodule is disposed on the electric tool and/or the terminal device, andthe software updating module is connected to the correspondingcommunication apparatus. The cloud transmits software-upgraded data tothe software updating module, and the software updating module upgradescorresponding software of the electric tool and/or the terminal device.

In an embodiment, the data transmission system of an electric toolfurther includes a charger that supplies power for the electric tool.The charger is provided with a communication apparatus, and the chargerand the terminal device can mutually transmit data therebetween.

The present invention has the following beneficial effects: the datatransmission system of the electric tool and the battery pack may recorddata during use of the electric tool and the battery pack, and transmitthe data to the network, so that any grantee can obtain data in a useprocess thereof through the network, to understand the use process, andanalyze desired information according to the user process.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The technical problem solved, the technical solutions and the beneficialeffects of the present invention can be clearly obtained through thefollowing detailed descriptions about preferred specific embodimentscapable of implementing the present invention and in combination withthe descriptions about the drawings.

Like signs and symbols in the drawings and the specification are used torepresent like or equivalent elements.

FIG. 1 is a structural block diagram of a first embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 2 is a structural block diagram of a second embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a third embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 4 is a structural block diagram of a fourth embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a fifth embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a sixth embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a seventh embodiment of thepresent invention; and

FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram of an eighth embodiment of thepresent invention.

1 electric tool 3 battery pack 5 charger 6 terminal device 8 cloud 10battery pack storage module 12 electric tool storage module 13 terminaldevice storage module 14 battery pack transmission module 16 electrictool transmission module 18 terminal device transmission module 20battery pack receiving module 22 electric tool receiving module 24terminal device receiving module 26 charger transmission module 30garden 31 sensor 32 mower 33 control center 34 house 35 intelligentgardening system 36 user 37 user equipment 38 neighbor 39 serviceprovider 40 manufacturer 41 distributor 42 room Internet of Thingssystem 43 irrigation apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Detailed descriptions and technical contents of the present inventionare provided as follows with reference to the drawings. However, thedrawings merely provide reference and description, but are not used tolimit the present invention.

First Embodiment

As shown in FIG. 1, a data transmission system of an electric tool 1includes an electric tool 1, a terminal device 6 and a cloud 8. Theelectric tool 1 may be a handheld electric tool, a garden electric toolor the like. The electric tool includes, but is not limited to, anelectric drill, an electric wrench, an electric screwdriver, an electrichammer, a shock drill, an electric plane, a lawn mower, a grass trimmerand the like. The terminal device 6 may be an electronic device such asa mobile phone, a special handheld device, and a tablet computer.

The electric tool 1, the terminal device 6 and the cloud 8 are allprovided with a communication apparatus. These communication apparatusesare used to send and/or receive data. In this implementation, datatransmission among them is implemented through the communicationapparatuses. The electric tool 1 may transmit data with the terminaldevice 6. The terminal device 6 and the cloud 8 may transmit data, suchthat the terminal device 6 can further transmit data received from theelectric tool 1 to the cloud 8, and the data of the cloud 8 can also betransmitted to the electric tool 1 via the terminal device 6. The datatransmission between the electric tool 1 and the terminal device 6 andthe data transmission between the terminal device 6 and the cloud 8 maybe conducted in a wired or wireless manner. The wired manner is directtransmission through a data interface or a data line. The wirelessmanner includes conducting data transmission through radio frequencyidentification, Zigbee, Bluetooth, near-field wireless communication,WiFi, Bluetooth low energy or Z-Wave. Those skilled in the art mayselect a corresponding type of communication apparatus through adifferent data transmission manner.

Continuously referring to FIG. 1, the electric tool 1 may furtherinclude an electric tool storage module 12. The communication apparatusof the electric tool 1 includes an electric tool transmission module 16that sends data to the terminal device 6 and/or receives data sent bythe terminal device 6. The electric tool storage module 12 is used forstoring data during use of the electric tool 1. The data includes atleast one of the following: a user, an operating environment, anoperating frequency, a place of use, a running parameter during use andso on. The running parameter of the electric tool 1 includes at leastone of voltage, current, temperature, speed and torque.

Continuously referring to FIG. 1, the electric tool transmission module16 is electrically connected to the electric tool storage module 12,acquires information stored by the electric tool storage module 12, andtransmits the stored information to the terminal device 6.

Continuously referring to FIG. 1, the terminal device 6 includes aterminal device storage module 13, a terminal device transmission module18, and a terminal device receiving module 24. The communicationapparatus of the terminal device 6 includes the terminal devicetransmission module 18 and the terminal device receiving module 24. Theterminal device receiving module 24 receives data transmitted from theelectric tool transmission module 16, and transmits the received data tothe terminal device storage module 13. The terminal device storagemodule 13 stores data transmitted from the terminal device receivingmodule 24, and further transmits the stored data to the terminal devicetransmission module 18. The terminal device transmission module 18transmits information transmitted from the terminal device storagemodule 13 to the cloud 8.

In the foregoing description, the data of the electric tool 1 is finallytransmitted to the cloud 8 via the terminal device 6. Any grantee mayacquire the data of the electric tool 1 from the cloud 8 and extractdesired information therefrom.

In this implementation, the electric tool 1 may not include the electrictool storage module 12, and the terminal device 6 may not include theterminal device storage module 13. In this case, the electric tool 1real-time transmits data to the terminal device 6, and the terminaldevice 6 real-time transmits data to the cloud 8.

Those skilled in the art may understand that any grantee may alsopublish operational information at the cloud 8. The operationalinformation includes an operation instruction for the electric tool 1.The operational information of the cloud 8 is sent to the terminaldevice transmission module 18, and is transmitted to the electric tool 1by the terminal device receiving module 24.

Those skilled in the art may dispose a corresponding module or apparatuson the electric tool to obtain the data described above. A specificexample is given below for description.

The electric tool 1 may include at least one sensor for acquiring dataof the electric tool or an external environment. The sensor includes,but is not limited to, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, aphotoelectric sensor, a speed sensor, a hall sensor and so on. Thetemperature and humidity of the external environment or a runningparameter during use of the electric tool may be acquired through thecorresponding sensor. The running parameter during use of the electrictool may be data such as voltage, current, temperature, speed andtorque. Those skilled in the art may understand that different sensorsand corresponding positions of the sensors are set so as to obtaindifferent data. The electric tool 1 transmits acquired data to the cloud8, the cloud 8 analyzes and processes the data, and then the cloud 8sends action information of related work. The action information may bedisplayed on the terminal device 6, and then an operator manuallyoperates the electric tool 1, or the action information is transmittedto the electric tool 1 directly or through the terminal device 6, andthe electric tool 1 automatically regulates related operations.

The electric tool 1 may be provided with a current sensor for detectingan operating current of the electric tool. The current sensor may be ashunt, an electromagnetic current transformer, an electronic currenttransformer or the like. When the operating current detected by thecurrent sensor exceeds a threshold, it indicates that the electric tool1 is in an operating status. The current sensor then sends a signalindicating that the electric tool 1 is operating, and the signal istransmitted to the cloud 8 through the communication apparatus of theelectric tool 1. The cloud 8 may preset an operating time limit, anoperating time period, an operating frequency and the like of theelectric tool 1. When the electric tool 1 exceeds the operating timelimit or is not in the operating time period or has a high operatingfrequency, it indicates that the electric tool 1 is in a non-rationaloperating status. The cloud 8 sends pre-warning information, and thepre-warning information may be transmitted to the terminal device 6, toprompt the operator that the electric tool 1 is in a correspondingnon-rational operating status; or the pre-warning signal is transmittedto the electric tool 1, and the electric tool 1 sends a correspondingsignal which may be a buzzing or light flashing signal, to prompt theuser that the electric tool 1 is in a non-rational operating status.

The electric tool 1 may further include a GPS module that acquirescoordinate information of the electric tool 1 to confirm the position ofthe electric tool 1. The cloud 8 stores a preset coordinate range. Ifthe acquired coordinate information exceeds the preset coordinate range,the cloud 8 sends pre-warning information that may be transmitted to theterminal device 6 to prompt the operator that the electric tool 1 may bestolen; or the pre-warning information is transmitted to the electrictool 1, and the electric tool 1 sends a corresponding signal which maybe a buzzing or light flashing signal, to achieve a function ofprevention of burglary.

The electric tool 1 may further include a fault detection module. When afault occurs in the electric tool, the fault detection module sendsfault information of the electric tool 1 to the cloud 8, and the cloud 8analyzes the fault information, generates maintenance information, andsends the maintenance information to the terminal device 6. The terminaldevice 6 is provided with a display module, and the maintenanceinformation may be displayed in the display module in the form of textor video or an image, such that a maintainer can easily obtain themaintenance information. Certainly, the maintenance information may alsobe obtained by the maintainer in the form of sound. Those skilled in theart may understand that the display module may also be replaced with acorresponding module.

The terminal device 6 may further include a video call module that makesa video call with the cloud 8 through the communication apparatusdisposed on the terminal device 6.

When the maintainer cannot maintain the electric tool 1 through themaintenance information sent by the cloud, a technician may make a videocall with the maintainer holding the terminal device 6 at the cloud 8,to remotely guide the maintainer to maintain the electric tool.

The data transmission system of the electric tool may further include asoftware updating module that may be disposed on the electric tool 1and/or the terminal device 6. When the electric tool 1 is provided witha software updating module, the software updating module is connected tothe electric tool transmission module 16, the cloud 8 transmitssoftware-upgraded data to the software updating module, and the softwareupdating module upgrades a program of a control mainboard on theelectric tool 1 or a program of another device such as a sensor, suchthat the program may be adjusted according to different requirements.When the terminal device 6 is provided with a software updating module,the software updating module is connected to the terminal devicetransmission module 18, the cloud 8 transmits software-upgraded data tothe software updating module, and the software updating module upgradesan application on the terminal device 6, such that the application maybe adjusted according to different requirements, such as fixing a bugand adding a new function. Certainly, the electric tool 1 and theterminal device 6 may be both provided with a software updating module,which are used to update corresponding programs on the electric tool 1and the terminal device 6 respectively, to obtain good user experience.

When the data transmission system of the electric tool may acquire usecondition information of the user through a combination of varioussensors or modules or apparatuses disposed on different electric toolsdescribed above, and send the information to the cloud 8. The cloud 8analyzes the information, to then obtain garden areas, proportions ofvarious types of garden areas and so on. An electric tool provider, as agrantee, may acquire corresponding information from the cloud 8, torecommend the corresponding electric tool to the user, and theinformation may be displayed in the display module of the terminaldevice 6.

Continuously referring to FIG. 1, the data transmission system of theelectric tool further includes a battery pack 3 capable of transmittingdata with the electric tool 1, and a charger 5 capable of transmittingdata with the battery pack 3. Those skilled in the art may understandthat the data transmission system of the electric tool may not includeat least one of the battery pack 3 and the charger 5.

The battery pack 3 includes a battery pack storage module 10, a batterypack transmission module 14 and a battery pack receiving module 20. Thecommunication apparatus of the battery pack 3 includes the battery packtransmission module 14 and the battery pack receiving module 20. Thecharger 5 includes a charger transmission module 26. The chargertransmission module 26 transmits usage information during use of thecharger 5 to the battery pack receiving module 20 of the battery pack 3.

According to the usage information, power, the number of times ofcharging, temperature, and full power of the battery pack may beacquired by disposing corresponding sensors on the battery pack 3. Thebattery pack receiving module 20 transmits the received information tothe battery pack storage module 10. The battery pack storage module 10stores usage information during use of the battery pack 3, and furtherstores usage information of the charger 5 received by the battery packreceiving module 20. The battery pack storage module 10 furthertransmits the stored information to the battery pack transmission module14. The battery pack transmission module 14 transmits the receivedinformation to the electric tool receiving module 22. The electric toolreceiving module 22 transmits the received information to the electrictool storage module 12 and stores the information. All the informationstored by the electric tool storage module 12 may be further transmittedto the electric tool transmission module 16, then further transmittedoutwards, and finally transmitted to the cloud 8. The cloud 8 analyzesthe data, and when the cloud 8 judges that the battery pack 3 ages, thecloud 8 prompts the user on the terminal device 6 to replace the batterypack 3.

When the cloud 8 publishes operational information, upon an inverseprocess of the above, the operational information may be transmitted tothe terminal device 6, the electric tool 1, the battery pack 3, and thecharger 5 one by one. Repetition is not provided herein.

Second Embodiment

Referring to FIG. 2, a data transmission system of an electric tool 1includes the electric tool 1 and a terminal device 6. The structure ofthe electric tool 1 and the data transmission manner between it and theterminal device 6 are the same as those in the first embodiment.Different from the first embodiment, in this embodiment, data of theterminal device 6 does not need to be further transmitted to the cloud8.

Third Embodiment

Referring to FIG. 3, a data transmission system of an electric tool 1includes the electric tool 1 and a cloud 8. The structure of theelectric tool 1 is the same as that in the implementation shown inFIG. 1. Different from the implementation shown in FIG. 1, in thisimplementation, the data transmission system of the electric tool 1transmits data to the cloud 8 directly. Data transmission between theelectric tool 1 and the cloud 8 is conducted in a wireless manner. Thewireless manner includes radio frequency identification, Zigbee,Bluetooth, near-field wireless communication, WiFi, Bluetooth low energyor Z-Wave.

Fourth Embodiment

Referring to FIG. 4, data of an electric tool 1 of a data transmissionsystem of the electric tool 1 is transmitted with the terminal 6 througha battery pack 3, and the terminal device 6 transmits data with a cloud8. The battery pack 3 may transmit data with the terminal device 6. Theterminal device 6 and the cloud 8 may transmit data, such that theterminal device 6 can further transmit data received from the batterypack 3 to the cloud 8, and data of the cloud 8 can also be transmittedto the battery pack 3 via the terminal device 6. The data transmissionbetween the battery pack 3 and the terminal device 6 and the datatransmission between the terminal device 6 and the cloud 8 may beconducted in a wired or wireless manner. The wired manner is directtransmission through a data interface or a data line. The wirelessmanner includes radio frequency identification, Zigbee, Bluetooth,near-field wireless communication, WiFi, Bluetooth low energy or Z-Wave.

Continuously referring to FIG. 4, the battery pack 3 includes a batterypack storage module 10 and a battery pack transmission module 14. Thebattery pack storage module 10 is used for storing usage informationduring use of the battery pack 3. The usage information includes a user,an operating environment, an operating frequency, a place of use, arunning parameter during use and so on. The running parameter of thebattery pack 3 includes voltage, current, temperature and so on. Thebattery pack transmission module 14 is electrically connected to thebattery pack storage module 10, acquires the information stored by thebattery pack storage module 10, and transmits the stored information tothe terminal device 6.

Continuously referring to FIG. 4, the terminal device 6 includes aterminal device storage module 13, a terminal device transmission module18 and a terminal device receiving module 24. The terminal devicereceiving module 24 receives information transmitted from the batterypack transmission module 14, and transmits the received information tothe terminal device storage module 13. The terminal device storagemodule 13 stores the information transmitted from the terminal devicereceiving module 24, and further transmits the stored information to theterminal device transmission module 18. The terminal device transmissionmodule 18 transmits the information transmitted from the terminal devicestorage module 13 to the cloud 8.

In the above description, the usage information of the battery pack 3 isfinally transmitted to the cloud 8 via the terminal device 6. Anygrantee can acquire usage information of the electric tool 1 from thecloud 8, and extract desired information therefrom.

In this implementation, the battery pack 3 may not include the batterypack storage module 10, and the terminal device 6 may not include theterminal device storage module 13. In this case, the battery pack 3real-time transmits data to the terminal device 6, and the terminaldevice 6 real-time transmits data to the cloud 8.

Those skilled in the art may understand that any grantee can alsopublish operational information at the cloud 8. The operationalinformation includes an operation instruction for the battery pack 3.The operational information of the cloud 8 is transmitted to the batterypack 3 via the terminal device 6.

Referring to FIG. 4, the data transmission system of the electric tool 1may further include a charger 5 transmitting data with the battery pack3.

The charger 5 includes a charger transmission module 26. The chargertransmission module 26 transmits usage information during use of thecharger 5 to the battery pack receiving module 20 of the battery pack 3.The battery pack receiving module 20 transmits the received informationto the battery pack storage module 10. The battery pack storage module10 stores usage information during use of the battery pack 3, and alsostores the usage information of the charger 5 received by the batterypack receiving module 20. The battery pack storage module 10 furthertransmits the stored information to the battery pack transmission module14. The battery pack transmission module 14 transmits the receivedinformation to the terminal device receiving module 24, and theinformation is finally transmitted to the cloud 8. When the cloud 8publishes operational information, via an inverse process of the above,the operational information can be transmitted to the terminal device 6,the battery pack 3 and the charger 5 one by one. Repetition is notprovided herein.

The electric tool 1 includes an electric tool storage module 12 and anelectric tool transmission module 16. The electric tool 1 only includesa transmitter of a communication apparatus for transmitting data. Theelectric tool storage module 12 stores usage information during use ofthe electric tool 1, and transmits the usage information to the electrictool transmission module 16. The electric tool transmission module 16transmits the received information to the battery pack receiving module20 of the battery pack 3. The battery pack receiving module 20 transmitsthe received information to the battery pack storage module 10. Thebattery pack storage module 10 stores usage information during use ofthe battery pack 3, and also stores the usage information of theelectric tool 1 received by the battery pack receiving module 20. Thebattery pack storage module 10 further transmits the stored informationto the battery pack transmission module 14. The battery packtransmission module 14 transmits the received information to theterminal device receiving module 24, and the information is finallytransmitted to the cloud 8. When the cloud 8 publishes operationalinformation, via an inverse process of the above, the operationalinformation can be transmitted to the terminal device 6, the batterypack 3 and the charger 5 one by one. Repetition is not provided herein.

Fifth Embodiment

As shown in FIG. 5, compared with the fourth embodiment, the datatransmission system of the electric tool 1 includes the electric tool 1,a battery pack 3, a charger 5 and a terminal device 6. The structure ofthe battery pack 3 and the data transmission manner between it and theterminal device 6 are the same as those in the implementation shown inFIG. 4. Different from the implementation shown in FIG. 4, in thisimplementation, data of the terminal device 6 does not need to befurther transmitted to the cloud 8.

Sixth Embodiment

As shown in FIG. 6, compared with the fourth embodiment, the datatransmission system of the electric tool 1 includes the electric tool 1,a battery pack 3, a charger 5 and a cloud 8. The structure of thebattery pack 3 is the same as the structure of the battery pack 3 in thefourth embodiment. Different from the fourth embodiment, in thisimplementation, the data transmission module of the battery pack 3transmits data to the cloud 8 directly.

Data transmission between the battery pack 3 and the cloud 8 isconducted in a wireless manner.

The above implementation is also applicable to direct data transmissionbetween the charger 5 and the terminal device 6, and direct datatransmission between the charger 5 and the cloud 8, which are notrepeated herein one by one.

Seventh Embodiment

As shown in FIG. 7, this embodiment discloses an Internet ofThings-based intelligent gardening system.

The intelligent gardening system is arranged in a garden 30, including asensor 31 detecting various kinds of data in the garden 30; gardeningapparatuses that perform gardening work, such as a lawn mower 32 and anirrigation apparatus 43; and a control center 33 that receivesinformation of the sensor 31 and the gardening apparatuses. Theintelligent gardening system may further include a self-moving device onwhich the sensor 31 is mounted. The self-moving device may also bemounted with various kinds of gardening apparatuses, to form anintelligent lawn mower, an intelligent sprinkler, an intelligentscarifier and so on. The intelligent gardening system may communicatewith a room Internet of Things in the user's house 34, to cooperate andexchange information therewith, thereby further optimizing userexperience.

The control center 33 may be arranged on the self-moving device, or in astop of the self-moving device, may also be arranged in the user's homeor at a fixed position in the garden, and may further be arranged on aremote server at a cloud. In an implementation, the sensor and thegardening apparatuses are connected to the self-moving device or thestop and transmit data detected by the sensor and usage data of thegardening apparatuses, and the self-moving device or the stop collectsand summarizes the received data, preliminarily analyzes the data andthen transmits the data to the control center. In this way, networkresources can be saved, and the load of the cloud server is reduced. TheInternet of Things transmits data between at least part of nodes in theform of encryption.

The foregoing sensors, gardening apparatuses, control center and thelike make up an Internet of Things, the Internet of Things conductscommunication in various manners, for example, zigbee, wife, a cellularmobile network such as a 4G network, and so on, and transmission mannersof different node paths may be the same or different.

The intelligent gardening system further includes a locating apparatuslocated on the self-moving device, to acquire position information of aparticular position while acquiring environmental information of theparticular position, and the control module generates, according to theenvironmental information and the position information of the particularposition, a control instruction of controlling an operating module atthe particular position.

The control center includes a memory that stores data monitored by thesensor and/or analytical/statistical data of the intelligent gardeningsystem.

The sensor in the system is introduced below.

As stated previously, the sensor may be fixedly arranged in the garden,and may also be carried by the self-moving device to move in the garden,to collect data of various positions. For example, a temperature sensor,a humidity sensor, a photoelectric sensor and so on may be disposed onan intelligent lawn mower. The temperature sensor may be used fordetecting the temperature of a lawn or the air. The humidity sensor maybe used for detecting humidity of the lawn or the air. The photoelectricsensor may be used for detecting the height of the lawn. The temperaturesensor may be a thermistor arranged on a housing of the lawn mower, todetect an environmental temperature in real time and accurately. Theabove sensors transmit acquired data to the cloud 8 or the controlcenter. The cloud 8 or the control center processes and analyzes thedata through internal software, sends action information of related workto the terminal device 6 or the intelligent lawn mower and othergardening apparatuses, and prompts the operator to apply fertilizer,water or adjust the cutting height of the intelligent lawn mower.

More specifically, the sensor may include an environment detectionsensor that detects at least one of humidity, temperature, wind speed,illumination, PM2.5, PM10, pollen concentration, UV intensity, raincondition, snow condition and noise value in an environment of thegardening area. According to the detected data, the control center makesout a corresponding policy, to control operation of the gardeningsystem. For example, when the temperature, the humidity, the wind speedand the illumination meet a preset condition, the control centercontrols an irrigation and mowing system to operate. When PM2.5, PM10,the pollen concentration and the UV intensity exceed a preset threshold,the control center sends information to a user equipment, to prompt theuser to avoid entering the garden or take protection measures. When therain, the snow and the noise meets the preset condition, the controlcenter prompts the user to take protection measures, for example, carryan umbrella to go out, wear more clothes and so on.

The sensor may include a soil detection sensor that detects at least oneof humidity, temperature, nutrients and PH value of the soil. Similarly,according to the detected data, the control center makes out acorresponding policy, to control operation of the gardening system. Forexample, when the temperature, the humidity, the nutrients and the PHvalue meet a preset condition, the control center controls an irrigationand mowing system to operate, such as apply fertilizer or irrigation.

The sensor may include a vegetation detection sensor that detects atleast one of moisture, nutrition, pests and heights of vegetation.Similarly, according to the detected data, the control center makes outa corresponding policy, to control operation of the gardening system.For example, when the nutrition of vegetation is insufficient, targetedfertilizing and watering are carried out, or warning information is sentto the user.

The sensor may include a vegetation detection sensor that detects atleast one of moisture, nutrition, pests and heights of vegetation. Thevegetation detection sensor includes a lawn detection sensor thatdetects at least one of density, distribution, bald grasses and weeds ofa lawn. Similarly, according to the detected data, the control centermakes out a corresponding policy, to control operation of the gardeningsystem. For example, for parts where the density of the grass isrelatively low, irrigation and fertilization frequencies are increased,and the mowing frequency is reduced. The user is prompted to weed in aparticular region and sow seeds in a particular region.

The sensor may further include a camera that may be located on theself-moving device and may also be located at a fixed position in thegarden, for example, height and the like.

The camera may collect vegetation information and allow the controlcenter to analyze a growth healthy status of the vegetation. A specificidentification, for example, a QR code or label, may be placed beforethe vegetation. In this case, after the camera collects the vegetationand identification information, the control center can associate plantsand particular positions, to instruct the gardening apparatuses to makedirected maintenance.

The camera may also collect intrusion information, for example, peopleor animals enter the garden.

The gardening apparatuses of this embodiment are introduced below.

As stated previously, the gardening apparatuses may be a self-movingdevice, for example, an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerialvehicle is provided with a camera. The unmanned aerial vehicle monitorsa clean status of a user's roof and sweeps the roof accordingly.Specifically, the unmanned aerial vehicle includes an air-blowingstructure that blows air towards the roof to sweep the roof. Theself-moving device may further be the lawn mower or the sprinklerdescribed above.

The gardening apparatuses may also be an irrigation apparatus includingwater sources, valves and pipelines, to supply water for particularregions and irrigate the particular regions.

The gardening apparatuses may further include an animal herdingapparatus that herds animals using at least one of ultrasound, sound andwater column.

The control center of this embodiment is introduced below.

The control center has a self-learning function, and can adjustoperating parameters of the intelligent gardening system according tohistorical data, work situations, user habits and the like, therebyoptimizing use experience. For example, the control center includes adepth learning module. By using a depth learning algorithm, the depthlearning module learns, according to received sensor signals and basedon spatial distribution of the sensors and temporal distribution of thesignals, a changing state of the garden after being machined, the user'susage habits and the like, and improves the operating parameters. Thedepth learning module may also use a neural network for learning.

The control center has a data sharing module that can publishinformation to a particular platform with the user's permission.

For example, data is sent to a social network platform. The dataincludes gardening images, gardening achievement, summarized gardeningdata and so on. Specifically, the data sharing module can publish, forexample, garden photos, community garden rankings, and some statisticaldata of gardens such as greening rates and flowering time; and someother information such as gardening time saved for the user and energyconservation and emission reduction data of the gardening system.

For another example, data is sent to a commercial data platform. Thedata includes user gardening condition information, user habitinformation and gardening material requirement information. For example,when the gardening system lacks fertilizer or grass flowers, informationis sent to corresponding distributors, and the distributions can providecorresponding services.

The control center may further control the gardening system to implementdistributed computing, thus forming a distributed computing network.Specifically, the control center summarizes idle computing capabilitiesof MCUs and CPUs of various apparatuses in the gardening system, andperforms data processing analysis. Even, the control center orders thedistributed computing network to be connected to external computingresources, and receives computing results from the external computingresources.

The control center generates, according to gardening data produced inthe work of the intelligent gardening system, a garden design reportthat includes at least one of a garden vegetation distribution proposal,a gardening apparatus arrangement proposal, a garden vegetationvarieties proposal and a garden modification and construction scheme.

The intelligent gardening system includes a D-GPS base station, and theintelligent gardening system is connected to an external Internet ofThings system and shares signals of the D-GPS base station therewith.

As in FIG. 8, the control center of this embodiment is connected to anexternal Internet of Things, and optimizes an operating procedure of theintelligent gardening system based on data of the external Internet ofThings. The intelligent gardening system 35 may be connected to anexternal device, for example, a user equipment 37 of the user 36, aservice provider 39, a manufacturer 40, a distributor 41, the user's ownhome Internet of Things 42, and a gardening Internet of Things or homeInternet of Things of a neighbor 38 in a community. In this case, theintelligent gardening system communicates with an external device, andsends data generated in the operation to the external device, and theexternal device includes at least one of a manufacturer device, adistributor device, a designer device and a service provider device. Theexternal device acquires data generated by the intelligent gardeningsystem in the operation, and generates a data application policy basedon the data. The data includes at least one of data detected by thesensors, operation or fault data of the gardening apparatuses andanalytical data of the intelligent gardening system.

When connected to the user equipment 37, the intelligent gardeningsystem 35 may send to the user at least one of prompt information,statistic information, gardening proposal information, serviceinformation and order information. For example, the intelligentgardening system may prompt the user that the garden has some particularproblems and some maintenance operations are required, for example,pesticide spraying is required when there are pests. The statisticinformation includes irrigation water statistics, mowing numberstatistics, plant height, flowering time data and so on. The serviceinformation includes proposals of providing a specific commodity orservice for the user, for example, the user is notified about purchasinginformation and locations of suitable pesticides or grasses and flowers,or what desired devices the user needs to add, for example, the user isprompted to purchase a scarifier when the user finds that the soil isharder, and the user is prompted to purchase a lawn mower when the grassgrows faster. The order information includes logistics information ofitems purchased by the user and the like.

At the same time, the control center of the intelligent gardening system35 receives a control instruction from the user equipment to performuser-desired operations. For example, according to the user's specificinstruction and user preference, lush or neat grasses are maintained,fertilizer is applied for specific flowers and plants, and so on.

Also, a specific mode is entered according to a user instruction. Theintelligent gardening system includes multiple operating modes thatinclude at least one of a party mode, a house-keeping mode, a vacationmode and a home mode, and the control center configures operatingstatuses of the sensors and the gardening apparatuses according to themodes. In the party mode, the intelligent gardening system configuresoperating parameters suitable for holding a party in the gardening area.For example, multiple gardening apparatuses, for example, theself-moving devices, leave personnel activity regions in the gardeningarea or stop operating, and the irrigation apparatus stops watering. Inthe house-keeping mode, the intelligent gardening system configuresoperating parameters suitable for users' leaving home. For example, thegardening apparatuses including the self-moving device perform securitywork, patrol and conduct videotaping at home, and alarm or inform theuser when someone enters. In the vacation mode, the intelligentgardening system configures operating parameters suitable for users'leaving home for several days. For example, some water and electricityfacilities are turned off in the gardening area, but necessary gardenmaintenance work is kept. In the home mode, the intelligent gardeningsystem configures operating parameters suitable for users' being athome. For example, the intelligent gardening system adjusts operatingparameters of the gardening apparatuses to reduce operating noise,avoiding the user and so on.

When the external device is a manufacturer device, the data applicationpolicy includes at least one of a production plan improvement policy, amanufacturing process and/or production process improvement policy, anintelligent gardening system configuration adjustment policy, a productorientation sales and/or recommendation policy and a security policy.Specifically, for example, when receiving that the user often uses acertain kind of gardening apparatuses but does not use other apparatusesor often use some specific functions, the manufacturer device adjuststhe yield of the related gardening apparatuses, improves configurationthereof, cancels unnecessary functions, and the like. When some regionalpreferences of the product are found, specific commodities are producedor cargos are allocated for the region.

When the external device is a distributor device, the data applicationpolicy includes at least one of a stocking policy, a logistics policy, aproduct recommendation policy, a maintenance reminder policy and adirected marketing policy. Specifically, for example, when receivingthat the user prefers a certain kind of gardening tools in a specificreason, the distributor adopts targeted stocking and logistics policies.When it is found that a garden system of a certain place lacks a certainkind of tools, directed marketing is conducted for the region. Whendamage information of the gardening apparatuses is received, prompt ofmaintenance is provided, and preparations are made in advance.

When the external device is a service provider device, the dataapplication policy includes at least one of a service scheduling policy,a directed service policy and a neighbor resource invocation policy. Forexample, after receiving service demand information of several gardensystems is received, a service schedule is arranged pertinently, and adirected service is provided. Even when a certain garden lacks a certaingardening apparatus, with the user's permission, neighbor apparatuses ofthe same community are temporarily invoked to work for him.

When the external device is a designer device, the data applicationpolicy includes at least one of a product definition policy and aproduct design policy. For example, upon receipt of usage preference andgarden data of a user in a specific region, product demands areprecisely defined and markets are segmented, to make out a productdefinition policy. Upon receipt of easy damage of some gardeningapparatuses or feedback of other users, a product design policy isgenerated pertinently, and the like.

When the external device is another community Internet of Things system,the intelligent gardening system can construct multiple Internet ofThings systems into a network, to implement sharing of resources andinformation, for example, share a Dgps base station, and share somegardening apparatuses such as a robot mower.

When the external device is the user's own indoor Internet of Things, itis possible to share various kinds of data in a family, implementintelligent work and cooperate to work. For example, windows areautomatically opened and closed according to PM2.5 information detectedby sensors in the garden, according to the master's indoor work andrest, work time of the gardening apparatuses in the garden is adjusted,to avoid the master's rest time, and so on.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may becombined arbitrarily. To make the description concise, not all possiblecombinations of the technical features in the above embodiments aredescribed. However, as long as the combinations of the technicalfeatures are not contradictory, the combinations should be considered asfalling within the scope of the specification.

The above embodiments merely express several implementations of thepresent invention, and the descriptions are relatively specific anddetailed, but cannot be thus understood as limitations to the patentscope of the present invention. It should be indicated that those ofordinary skill in the art may also make several transformations andimprovements without departing from the concept of the presentinvention, and the transformations and improvements all belong to theprotection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the patentprotection scope of the present invention should be based on theappended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An intelligent gardening system, for monitoringand controlling gardening apparatuses in a gardening area, comprising:multiple sensors that collect environmental information of the gardeningarea; one or more gardening apparatuses that perform gardening workaccording to a control instruction; a self-moving device that capable ofautonomously moving in the gardening area; and a control center thatgenerates the control instruction based on the environmentalinformation; wherein the sensors, the gardening apparatuses and thecontrol center communicate with each other to form an Internet ofThings, the control center generates, according to gardening dataproduced in the work of the intelligent gardening system, a gardendesign report that comprises at least one of a garden vegetationdistribution proposal, a gardening apparatus arrangement proposal, agarden vegetation varieties proposal and a garden modification andconstruction scheme.